Tithe Applotments (1823-38) Exact Locations unknown but in this parish.

Lewis’s Topographical Dictionary 1837.

The Kilmolara entry in Lewis Topographical Dictionary of 1837

KILMOLARA

A parish, in the barony of KILMAIN, county of MAYO, and province of CONNAUGHT,
21 miles (S.) from Ballinrobe, on the road to Cong ; containing 1350 inhabitants.
It is situated on Lough Mask, and comprises about 2000 statute acres, principally
in tillage ; there are some fine limestone quarries.

Neale Park is the handsome house and demesne of Lord Kilmaine. The living
is a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of Tuam, united to the rectories
and vicarages of Ballincalla and Ross, and in the patronage of the Bishop:
the tithes amount to £200, and of the benefice to £945. The
glebe-house and glebe of the union are in Ballincalla. The church, a neat
plain building with a square tower. is situated in the parish of Cong, close
to the boundary of this parish: it is the property of Lord Kilmaine, and
has been recently repaired by a grant of £ 125 from the Ecclesiastical
Commissioners.

In the R. C. divisions the parish is the head of a union or district,
called the Neale, comprising also the parish of Ballincalla ; the chapel
is at the Neale. There is a public school, in which about 80, and a private
school in which about 100, children are educated.

In the Neale park are some remarkable antiquities, particularly a stone
on which are carved the figure of an unicorn opposite to a man surrounded
with a glory, and a lion below them. According to an inscription beneath
this stone, it was found in a cave near the spot, and the figures were the
gods worshipped here by Edda and Con, after the latter of whom Connaught
was named: the figures were called in Irish " Dine Teak" or "
Gods of Felicity," from which the place was called Nehale, or "
The Neale."

NEALE

A village, in the parish of KILMOLARA, barony of KILMAINE, county or
MAYO, and province of CONNAUGHT, 2 1/2 miles (S.) from Ballinrobe, on the
road to Cong : the population is returned with the parish.

This place, which is usually called " The Neale." is a constabulary
police station, and has fairs on Feb. 5th. May 6th, Aug. 4th, and Nov. 5th.

Immediately adjoining Neale Park, a seat of Lord Kilmaine: the grounds,
which are very extensive, contain some curious monuments, noticed under
the head of Kilmolara. In the R. C. divisions Neale gives name to the union
or district, comprising the parishes of Kilmolara and Ballinchalla, and
contains the only chapel in the district.

Field Name books from 1840’s

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